Media Advisory: Virginia Middle School Science Bowl Set For March 5 at Jefferson Lab

When: Saturday, March 5, 2011. Round-robin competition will run from 9 a.m. - noon. The double-elimination, semi-final and finalist rounds will run from 1 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m. Awards will be presented immediately after the final round.

Details: Eighteen teams, representing middle schools, home-school groups and a science club from across the commonwealth are participating in this annual, academic competition. Catch the excitement as some schools join the competition for the first time.

The winning team earns $750 for its school and an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the Science Bowl Nationals. Last year's winning team was from Longfellow Middle School, Falls Church.

News media representatives are invited to attend all or any part of the daylong event. Please contact the Jefferson Lab Public Affairs office by 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, if you would like to receive the results at the end of Saturday's competition.

For security purposes, enter at JLab's main entrance (Onnes Drive.) on Jefferson Avenue. The public is invited for the double-elimination rounds, from 1-4 p.m. Everyone over 16 is asked to carry a valid photo ID. Security guards may perform ID, parcel and vehicle checks. This program is sponsored nationwide by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a joint venture of the Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. and PAE, manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, or Jefferson Lab, for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit https://energy.gov/science.